Bristol Township school board approves new contract with secretaries, other workers

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Mar 20, 2017 at 12:01 AMMar 20, 2017 at 4:33 PM

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP — The Bristol Township School District has labor peace with one of its employee groups until the middle of 2021 since the school board approved a new contract at a recent meeting.

The seven-year deal with the Office and Professional Employees International Union is retroactive to July 1, 2014, and runs through June 30, 2021. It covers 80 employees, including secretaries, office professionals and cafeteria workers, said school district Superintendent Melanie Gehrens.

Union members will get annual pay raises ranging from 2 percent to 2.75 percent each year of the contract. The new deal will cost the school district an additional $30,000 per year, or a total of $210,000, Gehrens said.

Employees under the contract will contribute between 2 percent and 6 percent toward their health insurance premiums through the life of the deal, depending on the type of coverage they choose. Union members covered under the contract currently earn between $11.25 and $20.80 per hour, said Gehrens.

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